Betty Compson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1897-03-17
Day of Death
1974-04-18 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Beaver, Utah, USA
Betty Compson
Biography
Betty Compson (March 19, 1897 – April 18, 1974) was an American actress and film producer. Most famous in silent films and early talkies, she is best known in her performances in The Docks of New York and The Barker, the latter earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Known For
Acting
(2011)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Herself (archive footage)
(1975)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1948)
Here Comes Trouble
as Martha Blake
(1947)
Hard Boiled Mahoney
as Selena Webster
(1947)
Second Chance
as Mrs. Davenport
(1946)
Her Adventurous Night
as Miss Spencer
(1943)
Danger! Women at Work
as Madame Sappho
(1943)
Confessions of a Vice Baron
as Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1941)
Invisible Ghost
as Mrs. Kessler
(1941)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Gertie
(1941)
Roar of the Press
as Mrs. Thelma Tate
(1941)
Escort Girl
as Ruth Ashley
(1940)
Strange Cargo
as Suzanne (uncredited)
(1940)
Mad Youth
as Lucy Morgan
(1940)
Cafe Hostess
as Cafe Hostess
(1940)
Laughing at Danger
as Mrs. Van Horn
(1939)
Hotel Imperial
as Soubrette (uncredited)
(1939)
Cowboys from Texas
as Belle Starkey
(1939)
News Is Made at Night
as Kitty Truman
(1938)
A Slight Case of Murder
as Loretta
(1938)
Two Gun Justice
as Kate
(1938)
Under the Big Top
as Marie
(1938)
The Beloved Brat
as Eleanor Sparks
(1938)
Port of Missing Girls
as Chicago
(1938)
Torchy Blane in Panama
as Kitty, Gomez's Moll
(1938)
Blondes at Work
as Blanche Revelle
(1938)
Religious Racketeers
as Ada Bernard
(1937)
God's Country and the Man
as Roxey Moore
(1937)
Federal Bullets
as Sue, Gang Moll
(1937)
Circus Girl
as Carlotta
(1936)
Hollywood Boulevard
as Betty
(1936)
Two Minutes to Play
as 'Fluff' Harding
(1936)
Killer at Large
as Kate
(1936)
Laughing Irish Eyes
as Molly
(1936)
The Millionaire Kid
as Gloria Neville
(1936)
August Week End
as Ethel Ames
(1936)
Bulldog Edition
as Billie Blake
(1936)
The Drag-Net
as Mollie Cole
(1935)
False Pretenses
as Clarissa Stanhope
(1934)
No Sleep on the Deep
as Mrs. Eldridge
(1933)
Destination Unknown
as Ruby Smith
(1933)
Notorious But Nice
as Millie Sprague
(1933)
West of Singapore
as Lou
(1932)
Guilty or Not Guilty
as Maizie
(1932)
The Silver Lining
as Kate Flynn
(1931)
Three Who Loved
as Helga Larson Hanson
(1931)
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
(1931)
The Gay Diplomat
as Baroness Corri
(1931)
The Lady Refuses
as June
(1931)
(1931)
Virtuous Husband
as Inez Wakefield
(1930)
The Boudoir Diplomat
as Helene
(1930)
The Czar of Broadway
as Connie Colton
(1930)
The Spoilers
as Cherry Malotte
(1930)
Those Who Dance
as Kitty
(1930)
Inside the Lines
as Jane Gershon
(1930)
Midnight Mystery
as Sally Wayne
(1930)
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
as Babka
(1930)
Isle of Escape
as Stella
(1930)
(1929)
The Show of Shows
as Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)
(1929)
Weary River
as Alice Gray
(1929)
The Great Gabbo
as Mary
(1929)
On With the Show!
as Nita
(1929)
Woman to Woman
as Deloryce / Lola
(1929)
Blaze o' Glory
as Helen Williams
(1929)
Skin Deep
as Sadie Rogers
(1929)
Street Girl
as Frederika Joyzelle
(1929)
The Time, the Place and the Girl
as Doris Ward
(1928)
The Docks of New York
as Mae
(1928)
Court Martial
as Belle Starr
(1928)
The Barker
as Carrie
(1928)
The Big City
as Helen
(1928)
The Desert Bride
as Diane Duval
(1928)
Scarlet Seas
as Rose
(1927)
Say It with Diamonds
as Betty Howard
(1927)
Love Me and the World Is Mine
as Mitzel
(1927)
Cheating Cheaters
as Nan Carey
(1926)
The Belle of Broadway
as Marie Duval / The Young Adele
(1926)
The Palace of Pleasure
as Lola Montez
(1926)
The Wise Guy
as Hula Kate
(1925)
Paths to Paradise
as Molly
(1925)
Locked Doors
as Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter
(1925)
The Pony Express
as Molly Jones
(1925)
Eve's Secret
as Eve
(1925)
New Lives for Old
as Olympe
(1925)
Beggar on Horseback
as Princess in Pantomime
(1924)
The Garden of Weeds
as Dorothy Delbridge
(1924)
The Fast Set
as Margaret Sones
(1924)
The Stranger
as Peggy Bowlin
(1924)
The Female
as Dalla
(1924)
The White Shadow
as Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent
(1924)
Ramshackle House
as Pen Broome
(1924)
The Enemy Sex
as Dodo Baxter
(1923)
Hollywood
as Betty Compson
(1923)
Woman to Woman
as Louise Boucher / Deloryse
(1923)
The Rustle of Silk
as Lala De Breeze
(1923)
The White Flower
as Konia Markham
(1923)
The Woman with Four Faces
as Elizabeth West
(1923)
The Royal Oak
as Lady Mildred Cholmondeley
(1922)
Over the Border
as Jen Galbraith
(1922)
To Have and to Hold
as Lady Jocelyn Leigh
(1922)
Law and the Woman
as Margaret Rolfe
(1922)
The Bonded Woman
as Angela Gaskell
(1922)
The Green Temptation
as Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker
(1922)
A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
(1922)
Kick In
as Molly Brandon
(1921)
At the End of the World
as Cherry O'Day
(1921)
The Little Minister
as Lady Babbie
(1921)
Ladies Must Live
as Christine Bleeker
(1921)
Prisoners of Love
as Blanche Davis
(1921)
For Those We Love
as Bernice Arnold
(1919)
The Devil's Trail
as Rose
(1919)
The Miracle Man
as Rose
(1919)
The Light of Victory
as Jane Ravenslee
(1918)
The Sheriff
as School Teacher
(1918)
Border Raiders
as Rose Hardy
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
Hubby's Night Out
as Wifey
(1916)
The Making Over of Mother
as Mrs. Newlywed
(1916)
That Doggone Baby
as Wifie Parker
(1916)
Crew
(1921)
For Those We Love
Writer
(1921)
Prisoners of Love
Writer